Soirée des Grands - Fondation des jeunes de la DPJ

The first Soirée des Grands benefit event was a smashing success!

The Fondation des jeunes de la DPJ is very pleased the first edition of its Soirée des Grands benefit event was a smashing success. A net amount of $808,000 was raised, making this new signature evening one of the top philanthropic events in Quebec.

From left to right: Anna Martini, Chief Executive Officer – Psycho Bunny, Honorary Co-Chair of the Soirée des Grands; Benoit Lacoste Bienvenue, Regional Managing Partner – KPMG; Yvon Roy, Managing Director – Investments, VC & Growth – CDPQ, and Chair of the Board of the Fondation des jeunes de la DPJ; Mathieu Descheneaux, Chief Financial Officer – Metro Supply Chain; Fabienne Audette, Managing Director – Fondation des jeunes de la DPJ; Julie Pagé, Partner – Novacap, President of the Organizing Committee for the Soirée des Grands and Michel Lalande, Executive Vice-President, Legal Affairs, Compliance and Secretariat – CDPQ, Honorary Co-Chair and Co-Presenter of the Soirée des Grands

What a feat, I’m especially proud to have co-chaired this first edition of the Soirée des Grands benefit event. Every person there helped to strengthen this big movement to show kindness driven by the Fondation around this crucial cause in Quebec. Today, many hands are reaching out to the young people who need our support the most.

Michel Lalande

Executive Vice-President, Legal Affairs, Compliance and Secretariat at CDPQ, honorary co-chair and co-presenter of the benefit event

The Soirée des Grands, presented by CDPQ and Metro Supply Chain, was held on June 8 at Windsor Station. The evening was deftly emceed by Anaïs Favron and Nancy Audet, the Fondation’s spokesperson and proud supporter respectively, where some 600 guests from the business world, politics, media and youth protection joined together to remind youths in the care of the DYP that they were not alone. Several former youths under the care of the DYP gave moving testimonials at the event and reminded everyone of the importance of taking action.

Proceeds from the evening’s events will be used to provide assistance to youths in the care of the DYP in Montreal and other regions in Quebec, through the Fondation’s six programs and various organizations it supports across the province that provide support to youths in the care of the DYP and to youths making the transition to adulthood.